Install Auth Packages

Install passlib and python-jose for password hashing and JWT tokens

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What you are installing

This course requires two new packages. Each handles one half of the authentication system:

Package	Purpose
passlib	Password hashing library. The `[bcrypt]` extra installs the bcrypt algorithm — the industry standard for hashing passwords.
python-jose	JSON Web Token (JWT) library. The `[cryptography]` extra installs the cryptography backend for signing tokens.

After installing, verify that both packages load correctly by importing their key classes.

Install the authentication packages and verify the installation.

Run pip install "passlib[bcrypt]" "python-jose[cryptography]".
Verify by running python -c "from passlib.context import CryptContext; from jose import jwt; print('Ready')".